Jan 5, 2013
This is my first review, so fell free to harshly criticize my amateurishness. Kokoro Connect and its first 13 episodes destroyed the barrier between what gives us our personal space, what allows us to truly be sperate from one and other. Transitioning between bodies, forcing your deepest desires to surge forth, and then turning back the clock on their bodies to remember and confront their pasts, everything has been shared and nothing is non-personal. By this point, most people would have realized a lot more about themselves and those who they shared these experiences with. Each of the main characters have, that is, except for
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Nagase, who until the point of this 4 episode series held a fake persona which was battered and broken until her true colors finally surged forth.
So, It's not often you get to see such dramatic development of a character in such a short amount of time, nor is it common to be left so awestruck once the butterfly has finally shed its cocoon. As I've watched these 4 episodes, the metaphor I'd used to describe Nagase is a butterfly cracking open its cocoon, however, the people watching this event are foreign to what is actually inside the shell, and unconsciously imply that they don't want whatever is inside that shell to come out. So, not only is this a transition for Nagase, but it's also a learning experience for the rest of the group. As you watch these episodes, carefully watch how conflicted Nagase is, as she battles with the breaking of her perfectionist shell and the unleashing of her desires in order to fully appreciate what this series has in store.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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